58 LXXY. EUBiACEa). (J. D. Hooker.) [Medyoth,. 



36. K. fiilva, Hooh. f. ; perennial, ei-ect, yillous, leaves sessile narrow- 

 lanceolate acuminate plaited, nerves 2 pair, stipules membranous with long 

 cilia, cymes glabrous small axillary shortly peduucledj calyx glabrous teeth 

 subulate, tip of capsule produced between them. 



Khasia Mts. ; on dry hills near Nurtiimg, alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. H. ^ T. T. 



Eootstock woody, sending up strict terete stems a foot high, which and the leaves 

 are bright yellow when dry. Leaves 1-1^ in., coriaceous. Cymes on short peduncles 

 ^ in., flowers subeapitate. — This resembles H. villosa in many respects, but difiers in 

 the strict habit, sessile leaves, with only two pairs of nerves and quite glabrous 

 inflorescence. 



37. K. Griffitbii, Hook. f. ; woody, branches erect acutely 4-anglecl 

 puberulous, leaves sessile lanceolate acuminate coriaceous scaberulous nerveless, 

 stipules short cuspidate coriaceous, heads terminal sessile involucrate, calyx- 

 teeth subulate much shorter than the globose glabrous pedicelled capsule which 

 has a large protruded top. 



Bhotan; in woods, alt. 4200 ft., Griffith (Bootan Journal, n. 318). 



An erect shrub, 2 ft. high, with strict stem and branches, nodes distant. Leaves 

 li-2 in., deflexed, with recurved margins in the fruiting state of the plant, yellowish 

 when dry. Heads of fruit globose, ^ in. diam., involucrate by the large upper leaves. 

 Capsule smooth, crustaceous, with very many small angular seeds. — A very distinct 

 species, seen in fruit only, the tip of which often exceeds the calyx-teeth ; it 

 resembles in habit H. uneinella, W. & A. 



Sect. III. Euhedyotis. Fi-uit indehiscent or tardily dehiscent, or the 

 crown only dehiscing loculicidally. — Herbs, difiPase or subscandent, with usually 

 axillary dense-fld. cymes. 



* Fruit hard, minute, indehiscent ; celts few-seeded. Cymes almost all axil- 

 lary. Leaves usually plaited loTigitudinally tvith very strong nerves, rarely flat 

 loith slender nerves, never only l-jiej-uerf (nerves faint in H. paradoxa) ; stipules 

 dilate. 



38. K. vestita, £r. in Wall. Cat. 847 ; diffuse, villous, leaves petioled 

 elliptic-lanceolate acuminate plaited, nerves 5-7 pair, stipules membranous 

 with long cDia, cymes villous small axillary shortly peduncled, fruit minute 

 globose hairy indehiscent, calyx-teeth subulate. G. I)oni Qen. Syst. iii. 526. 

 H. costata, Kurz in Joum. As. Sac. 1877, ii. 135, not of WaUich. H. coerulea, 

 Koi-th. in Ned. Kruidkund. Arch. ii. 160. H. capituliflora, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 ii. 183. Metabolus coeruleus, Blume Bijd. 992; DC. Pi-odr. iv. 435. M. 

 Ime&iMS, Bai-tl. in DC. I. c. Spermacoce costata, Roxh. Hart. Benxi. 10: Fl 

 Ind. i. 370. ' 



Subtropical Sikkim and the Khasia Mts., alt. 1-5000 ft. Assam, Cachae, th» 

 JIalat Peninsula, and Pbnanq, common. — Disteib. Malay and Philippine Islands. 



A stout herb, 1-2 ft. long, branches terete. Leaves 2-4 in., greenish when Ary ; 

 stipules villous, with 1-3 subulate processes. Cymes inconspicuous, peduncle or 

 J-| in., simple or branched ; flowers very small, crowded in heads ^-^ in. diam., 

 lilac or pink. Capsvles i in. 



39. K. Auricularla, Linn.; DC. Prodr. iv. 420; annual, suberect or 

 difiuse, branches glabrous or hirsute especially at the nodes, leaves sessile sub- 

 sessile or petioled ovate or lanceolate acuminate smooth or scabrid above often 

 pubescent beneath, stipules membranous hairy with long cUia, cymes axillary 

 sessile small very dense-flowered, flowers subsessile, calyx-teeth small shorter 

 than the indehiscent glabrous or hispid fruit. Roxh. Fl. Ind. i. 365 ; ed. Carey fr 

 Wall. i. 370, e.xcl. remarks ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 412 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 27. 

 H. nervosa, JFa/l. Cat. 857 (_? of LamJi.). H. procumbens, IFall. Cat. 861. IL 



